Directory of Australian Archives:
http://directory.archivists.org.au/archives/

National Library of Australia: Trove Discovery Service (beta):
http://trove.nla.gov.au/

Guide to Australian Literary Manuscripts:
http://findaid.library.uwa.edu.au/frames.html

U.S. National Archives: Researcher Portal:
http://www.archives.gov/research/

U.K. National Archives: Academic Research Portal:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/academic/

Historical Research in Europe:
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/HistResEur/

CAN (Collections Australia Network):
http://www.collectionsaustralia.net/

National Library of Australia:
Pandora archive of the Web: http://pandora.nla.gov.au/
Its international counterpart is: http://www.archive.org/
Australian Historic Records Register: http://www.nla.gov.au/ahrr/

State Library of Victoria:
http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?mode=Basic&vid=MAIN&tab=ms

Public Records Office (Victoria)
http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/PROVguides/PROVguide001/PROVguide001.jsp

NSW State Archives:
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/ (Tip: try the ‘Archive Investigator’ link)
Collections Search: http://api.records.nsw.gov.au/

Data.Gov.Au:
http://data.gov.au All-in-one search to find data collected by Federal and State government agencies.

Australian War Memorial:
http://www.awm.gov.au/database/collection.asp
War Diaries: http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/war_diaries/
C.E.W. Bean: http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/war_diaries/cew_bean/

Australian Trade Union Archives:
http://www.atua.org.au/atua.htm

University of Melbourne Archives:
http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/archives/

Australian Women’s Archive:
http://www.womenaustralia.info/browse.htm

National Film and Sound Archive:
http://www.nfsa.gov.au/

Google’s Newspaper Search: Find free and fee newspapers articles going back to the 1800s.
http://news.google.com/archivesearch/advanced_search

Factiva:
http://library.vu.edu.au/search/f?f
VU Library database. Good coverage of the world’s newspapers from early 1990s onwards. Includes the New York Times back to 1980. Login using your VU ID number and Library PIN.

Papers Past – New Zealand Newspapers 1839 – 1932:
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

University of Melbourne: Image Collection:
http://buffy.lib.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin/mua-search

State Library of Victoria:
http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?mode=Basic&vid=MAIN&tab=pictures

State Library of New South Wales:
http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/picman/

Australian War Memorial: Tip: use the ‘Collection Advanced Search’ and limit to ‘Photographs’.
http://www.awm.gov.au/database/collection.asp

Google’s image search: This will include images on Flickr.
http://images.google.com.au/

Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs Online Catalogue:
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/

The FBI’s declassified files:
http://www.fbi.gov/foia/foia-portlet/

British Library Images Online (Pay per image):
http://www.imagesonline.bl.uk

National Library of Ireland:
http://www.nli.ie/digital-photographs.aspx

National Library of Wales: Images of Wales and its people from 1838 onwards:
http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=566